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Slow loris mascot

Slowlauris

Platoon commander Lieutenant Tony Loorparg poses with a slow loris, a small nocturnal mammal, at Nanga Mepi in Sarawak, Borneo, where B Company, 1 RNZIR Reserve Platoon was located during the Confrontation with Indonesia in 1965. 

This image Appears In 2 Articles:

  • Borneo Confrontation map, 1963-66
    Confrontation in Borneo
  • Auckland Regimental pipe band in France, 1918
    Military mascots

Keywords

mascots
borneo confrontation
indonesia
Credit

Information and images courtesy Tony Loorparg

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'Slow loris mascot', URL: https://nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/slowlauris-mascot, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 1-Sep-2014

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